Outlook or Word or Access Macro (VBA) - Open a series of emails in the outbox one at a time, change some parameters and email each one
Outlook or Word or Access Macro (VBA) - Open a series of emails in the outbox one at a time, change some parameters and email each one
Currently I have a process to use word merge to create emails to respond to bid questions. When I have Outlook set to work off line, each of the emails is saved in the outbox.
I then open each email, add an attachment, change priority, request a read deceipt and received receipt and sme times change the sent from address to an alaternate address before sending.
For 2-5 emails this is easily done manually, but for 20-25 emails its not so simple. I'd like to write a macro or vba code to run from word or access to automate this process. Can anybody help?
Thyanks
Currently I have a process to use word merge to create emails to respond to bid questions. When I have Outlook set to work off line, each of the emails is saved in the outbox.
I then open each email, add an attachment, change priority, request a read deceipt and received receipt and sme times change the sent from address to an alaternate address before sending.
For 2-5 emails this is easily done manually, but for 20-25 emails its not so simple. I'd like to write a macro or vba code to run from word or access to automate this process. Can anybody help?
Thyanks
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I have just tested getaccounts and it works fine so should do as required ... in the case of 2007 and later
Chris
Chris
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Works great - thanks
A quick question - if I wanted to run this from access or word, can you help me add the code to:
1) Set Outlook to work off line
2) search for the outbox (after the merge has run)
3) run this code
4) set outlook to work on-line and send all the messages (one at a time).
I know this is essentially a new question but it is directly related.
Thanks
A quick question - if I wanted to run this from access or word, can you help me add the code to:
1) Set Outlook to work off line
2) search for the outbox (after the merge has run)
3) run this code
4) set outlook to work on-line and send all the messages (one at a time).
I know this is essentially a new question but it is directly related.
Thanks
Switch everything to late binding i.e.:
Chris
Chris
Sub amendOutbox()
Dim olkApp As Object
Dim mai As Object
Dim acct As Long
' acct = getAccount
'If acct = 0 Then acct = 1
Set olkApp = CreateObject("outlook.application")
For Each mai In olkApp.Session.GetDefaultFolder(4).items
If mai.Class = 43 Then
With mai
.Importance = 2
.ReadReceiptRequested = True
.OriginatorDeliveryReportRequested = True
.Attachments.Add "c:\deleteme\testname.doc", 5
' .sendusingaccount = olkapp.Session.Accounts.item(1)
' Need to establish the account required ... but once set can be hard coded.
.Send
End With
End If
Next
End Sub
Function getAccount() As Long
Dim olkApp As Object
Dim i As Long
' Accounts only valid for 2007 and on!
'can embed it as Access call if required via:
' acct = getaccount()
Set olkApp = CreateObject("outlook.application")
For i = 1 To olkApp.Session.Accounts.Count
If (MsgBox("Use Account " & olkApp.Session.Accounts.Item(i).smtpaddress, vbYesNo)) = vbYes Then 'olkApp.Session.accounts.item(i)
getAccount = i
Exit For
End If
Next
' MsgBox "account selected as :> " & getAccount
End Function
Chris